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John Wentworth (actor)
John Wentworth (1908–1989) was a British television actor. He starred in the ITV television series ''The Main Chance'' in which he played the role of Henry Castleton a traditionalist Leeds-based lawyer. Selected filmography Film * ''The Last Shot You Hear'' (1969) - Chambers * '' The Oblong Box'' (1969) - Parson Television * '' The Massingham Affair'' (1964) - Colonel Deverel * ''Angel Pavement'' (1967) - Mr. Pearson * ''The Prisoner'' (1967) - Sir Charles * ''The Main Chance'' (1969-1975) - Henry Castleton * '' Germinal'' (1970) - Monsieur Gregoire * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1971) - Tamenund * '' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' (1971) - Thaxted * ''The Onedin Line'' (1974-1980) - Dawkins / Mr. Dawkins / Mr. Wallace * ''Ripping Yarns ''Ripping Yarns'' is a British television adventure comedy anthology series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. It was transmitted on BBC 2. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avengers (TV Programme)
''The Avengers'' is a British espionage television series, created in 1961, that ran for 161 episodes until 1969. It initially focused on David Keel (Ian Hendry), aided by John Steed (Patrick Macnee). Hendry left after the first series; Steed then became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), and Tara King (Linda Thorson). Dresses and suits for the series were made by Pierre Cardin. The series ran from 1961 until 1969, screening as one-hour episodes for its entire run. The pilot episode, " Hot Snow", aired on 7 January 1961. The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 April 1969 in the United States, and on 17 May 1969 in the United Kingdom. ''The Avengers'' was produced by ABC Weekend TV, a contractor within the ITV network. After a merger with Rediffusion London in July 1968, ABC Weekend became Thames Television, which continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Pavement (1967 TV Series)
''Angel Pavement'' is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 between 19 August and 9 September 1967.Baskin p.86 It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel ''Angel Pavement'' by J. B. Priestley, about a small London firm struggling in the early 1930s until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Golspie revives the fortunes of the company. Both this and a previous 1957 BBC adaptation are considered completely lost. Cast * Anthony Bate as Mr. Golspie * Murray Melvin as Turgis * Cyril Luckham as Mr. Smeeth * Hilda Braid as Mrs. Smeeth * Tina Martin as Edna Smeeth * Tony Steedman as Dersingham * Judy Parfitt as Lilian Matfield * Jane Bond as Lena Golspie * Christopher Cooper as Stanley Poole * Anna Cropper as Miss Cadnam * Jean Muir as Poppy Sellers * Erik Chitty as Benenden * Jan Conrad as Captain * Faith Kent as Mrs. Dersingham * Beryl Cooke as Mrs. Pearson * John Wentworth as Mr. Pearson * George A. Cooper as Fred Mitty * Ann Tirard as Miss Verever * Rita Merkelis as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number 10 (television Series)
Number 10, #10 or variations thereof may refer to: * 10 (number), the natural number itself * 10 Downing Street, the UK Prime Minister's office * No. 10, a standard envelope size in North America Fiction, art and entertainment * ''#10'' (The Guess Who album) * ''Number 10'' (J. J. Cale album) * ''Number 10'' (TV series), a 1983 drama about seven British Prime Ministers * ''Number 10'' (drama series), a radio program about a fictional British Prime Minister * ''Number Ten'' (novel), by Sue Townsend * ''Number Ten'' (Manning album) * ''No. 10'' (Rothko), a 1958 painting * ''Number 10'', a film about rugby union by Darrell Roodt * Number Ten, a variation of the solitaire card game Forty Thieves * #10, the designation of Sportacus, a major character in the children's television show ''LazyTown'' Other uses * Number 10, the shirt number often worn by an association football team's playmaker * Guy Lafleur (1953-2022), Canadiens hockey player with sweater number 10, frequently k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripping Yarns
''Ripping Yarns'' is a British television adventure comedy anthology series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. It was transmitted on BBC 2. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two series — five episodes in September and October 1977 and three episodes in October 1979. Each episode had a different setting and characters, each looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys. In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang colloquialism for "exciting" or "thrilling", with "yarn" used in the sense of a story. Pilot episode In 1975, the BBC commissioned a pilot episode from Palin and Jones, envisaged to be a light entertainment comedy piece. The result was ''Tomkinson's Schooldays'' (a title loosely inspired by ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and suggested by BBC director Terry Hughes). Palin and Jones both wrote and starred in multiple roles. Once the series w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Onedin Line
''The Onedin Line'' is a BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company, the Onedin Line, named after its owner captain James Onedin. Around this, it depicts the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner Robert, a ship chandler, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore (mostly lower- and upper-middle-class). The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steamships. It shows the role that ships played in such matters as international politics, uprisings and the slave trade. Overview Classic BBC drama series set in 19th century Liverpool, and narrating the changing fortunes of the ambitious Captain James Onedin and his family. A 55-minute pilot episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
''The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' is a British anthology mystery television series produced by Thames Television which was originally broadcast on the ITV Network. There were two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973. The programme presented adaptations of short mystery, suspense or crime stories featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. ''The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' took its inspiration – and title – from a series of published anthologies by Hugh Greene, younger brother of author Graham Greene and the former director-general of the BBC. Greene is credited on the programme as a creative consultant. Recurring characters * Douglas Wilmer as Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen (2 episodes) * Peter Vaughan as Horace Dorrington (2 episodes) * Kenneth Colley as Farrish (2 episodes) * Petronella Barker as Miss Parrot (2 episodes) * Peter Barkworth as Martin Hewitt (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (TV Series)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1971 BBC serial, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper, directed by David Maloney. It was shown during the Sunday tea time slot on BBC One, which for several years showed fairly faithful adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. In 1972 it was shown in America as part of the ''Masterpiece Theatre'' series. The serial consisted of eight 45-minute episodes. Near the start, Chingachook introduces his son Uncas, saying "Uncas is the last of the Mohicans". After Uncas is killed, the final line in the serial is Chingachgook saying in a sad voice, "I am the last of the Mohicans". The serial was responsible for popularising the term "Mohican hairstyle" for what is known as a Mohawk hairstyle in the US, although it was actually worn by the Hurons not the Mohicans in the serial. This production was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. Sequel In 1973 the BBC made a sequel ''Hawkeye, the Pathfin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germinal (novel)
''Germinal'' is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series ''Les Rougon-Macquart''. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries. It has also inspired five film adaptations and two television productions. ''Germinal'' was written between April 1884 and January 1885. It was first serialized between November 1884 and February 1885 in the periodical ''Gil Blas'', then in March 1885 published as a book. The title () refers to the name of a month of the French Republican Calendar, a spring month. ''Germen'' is a Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner
''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. Patrick McGoohan played the lead role as Number Six. The series was created by McGoohan with possible contributions from George Markstein. Episode plots have elements of science fiction, allegory, and psychological drama, as well as spy fiction. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. A single series of 17 episodes was filmed between September 1966 and January 1968, with exterior location filming in Portmeirion, Wales. Interior scenes were filmed at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, north of London. The series was first broadcast in Canada beginning on 5 September 1967, in the UK on 29 September 1967, and in the US on 1 June 1968. Although the show was sold as a thril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Massingham Affair (TV Series)
''The Massingham Affair'' is a British period crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in six episodes from 12 September to 17 October 1964.Baskin p.69 It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same title by Edward Grierson. Unlike many BBC series of this era, it is believed all six episodes survive intact, but remain unreleased since their original broadcast. Synopsis In the late nineteenth century, the violent robbery of a vicar and his daughter leads to two men being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, a young solicitor Justin Derry is unconvinced of the verdict and sets out to exonerate them. Cast * Lyndon Brook as Justin Derry * Andrew Keir as Superintendent Blair * Renny Lister as Jean Kelly * Eileen Atkins as Charlotte Verney * George Cormack as Reverend Verney * Geoffrey Bayldon as Mr. Lumley * Bernard Kay as Jim Longford * Robert Cawdron as PC Hugh * Patsy Rowlands as Georgina Deverel * Barry Wilsher as Mick Kelly * John Wentworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
